ES2386226B1 - IRONING STATION, BASE AND IRON FOR SUCH IRONING STATION - Google Patents

Abstract

Ironing station, base and iron for said ironing station. # An ironing station 1 is disclosed; 52 with an iron 2 and with a portable base 4 for placing the iron 2, which has a fixing device for fixing the iron 2 on the base 4, for which the fixing device has a housing element 20 of a front section of the sole 74 of the plate 2, as well as a rotating clamping element 22; 54 intended to surround at least by sections a back of an iron housing 12, a base 4, as well as an iron 2 for use in an ironing station of this type 1; 52

Description

 IRONING STATION, BASE AND IRON FOR SUCH IRONING STATION

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to an ironing station according to the preamble

5 of claim 1 as well as a base and an iron for use in an ironing station of this class, the ironing station having an iron and a portable base for the placement of the iron, as well as a fixing device for fixing the iron at the base.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

10 From EP 1 709 235 B1, an ironing station with an iron with a portable base for placing the iron is known. The base has a fixed protrusion as a hook to surround a rear section of the housing as well as a folding footboard to surround an anterior section of the plate housing. In this way the iron is secured on the base by

15 above and below its handle, looking in the longitudinal direction. Due to the protrusion that protrudes in the form of a hook, this ironing station however has relatively large dimensions. The plate is also only conditionally held in a transverse direction on the base since the stirrup surrounds a relatively narrow section of the

20 iron housing. In addition, there is a certain potential for injury since by securing the iron on the base, it must be moved from a position located below the sole of the iron and therefore there is a risk that the user touches the sole of the iron with hand.

From WO 2008/120168 A2 a station of known

25 ironed with an iron and with a portable base in which an anterior area and a posterior area of the sole of the iron are housed respectively in a base housing. The rear housing is made as a slide that can be controlled by a drive mechanism. In this solution the complex mechanism of

30 drive that due to its large number of parts is relatively prone to breakdowns. In addition, the complex drive mechanism makes the ironing station more expensive.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The objective of the present invention is to create an ironing station in which the aforementioned inconveniences are eliminated and allow a compact construction and an economical manufacture to be carried out, as well as a base and an iron for use in an ironing station of this class.

This objective is solved by means of an ironing station having the characteristics of claim 1, with a base presenting the characteristics of claim 12, as well as by an iron with the characteristics of claim 13. Advantageous embodiments and improvements that may used in isolation or in combination with each other, are the subject of the respective dependent claims.

An ironing station according to the invention has an iron and a portable base for placing the iron on it and comprising a fixing device for fixing the iron on the base. In accordance with the invention, the fixing device has a housing element to accommodate an anterior section of the soleplate of the plate and a collapsible fastening element to surround a rear section of the plate housing. The ironing station according to the invention allows in particular to achieve a compact construction form. A complex clamping mechanism based on a large number of individual parts is not required for the control of the clamping element, whereby the clamping device has an extremely small number of moving parts, in particular almost exclusively the clamping element itself said, and therefore, is economically manufactured and very little prone to breakdowns. In addition to this, the plate can be fixed very well on the base in the transverse direction, since the clamping element attacks on a wide section of the plate housing. The fixing device allows at the same time a fixed and safe arrangement of the iron on the base so that the ironing station can be transported as a stable unit while the iron is placed on top.

In an example of preferred embodiment, the base has a recess for the accommodation of the sole of the iron. In this way the sole is no longer freely accessible from the outside and the risk of burns can almost be excluded. In addition to this, the recess has the advantage that when configured according to the outline of the sole of the plate, it is fixed

in addition to the fixing device laterally and therefore, in the transverse direction, so that the clamping element can be made more optimized for the load since then, this mainly causes only the clamping of the plate in the longitudinal direction and in vertical direction

The clamping element is preferably made in the form of a stirrup with two arms that are joined together through a section of horizontal body, and is rotatably supported on the base, where in its resting position it can also be prestressed by means of a dock.

In an exemplary embodiment, the clamping element is fully housed in the recess in its resting position. This is achieved by the fact that their end sections away from each other are supported by opposite wall sections of the recess. For this reason the clamping element does not protrude from the base in its resting position, whereby the base can be made especially compact.

In another exemplary embodiment, the arms are not only rotatable but can also be moved in the longitudinal direction, respectively housed in a base chamber by sections. In this way, only a minimum turn of the fastening element is needed to secure the plate in the base or to remove it from the base, where by the immersion of the arms in the chambers this example of embodiment also presents a compact base.

To allow the safe positioning of the plate in the recess even when the fastener is in its resting position, it is advantageous if in the recess some support bodies are arranged to support the plate, which seen in the support direction have greater extent than the clamping element that is in its resting position. This can be achieved for example, because in the case of a circular section the clamping element has a diameter that is less than a maximum height of the support bodies. Likewise, the clamping element can penetrate at least in sections in a slot made correspondingly.

The housing element is located on the inside of the recess and preferably defines a bag to accommodate the tip of the sole of the iron. A housing element of this class is especially technically and economically simple to manufacture.

A base according to the invention for use in an ironing station with an iron fixing device has a housing element for housing the front part of the iron sole and a folding fastening element for surrounding a rear part of the iron. iron casing A base of this class is compact, not prone to breakdowns and is economically effective.

An iron according to the invention for use in an ironing station has a sole tip that protrudes with respect to another adjacent anterior section of the iron housing.

According to the invention, a transverse groove is made in a rear section of the iron housing. The transverse groove allows, for example, the accommodation of a section of abutible stirrup of a base on which the plate sits and is easy and economical to perform in the plate housing in terms of manufacturing technique.

The present invention is especially suitable for safely placing an iron and to safely transport the iron and the base, forming a unit.

Other advantageous embodiments of the present invention are the subject of other subsidiary claims.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Preferred embodiments of the invention are described in greater detail below using schematic representations. The figures show:

Figure 1, a perspective drawing of a first ironing station

according to the invention, Figure 2, a perspective drawing of a base represented in Figure 1, Figure 3, a side view of a second ironing station according to the

invention and Figure 4, a detailed representation of the second ironing station.

DESCRIPTION OF AN EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Figure 1 shows a first ironing station 1 according to the invention with an iron 2 and a base 4 for placing the iron 2.

The plate 2 essentially has a sole 6, a plate carcass 16 and a handle 20 integrated in the plate carcass 16. In a rear section of the plate carcass 12 there is a transverse groove that extends along its entire width.

The base 4 essentially consists of a base housing 8 and a recess 18 formed in the base housing 8 for housing the plate 2. In addition to this, the base 4 has a fixing device for the attachment of the plate 2 at the base 4, with a housing element 20 on the side of the recess that is not represented in this figure (see Figure 2) as well as a collapsible fastening element 22 that fits into the transverse groove 14 of the plate 2 and which it is prestressed in the direction of arrow 24.

According to the representation of Figure 2, the recess 18 has a bottom superture 26 that is set back with respect to the adjacent housing surfaces 28 of the base 4, as well as a wall 30. The bottom surface 26 is slightly raised with respect to horizontally and essentially reproduces the geometry of the sole 6 of the plate 2. It has two transverse enhancements 32a, 32b on which the sole 6 is supported and therefore, the plate 2, on the base 4. The height of the wall 30 or the depth of the recess 18 corresponds approximately to the height of the sole 6 of the plate 2, so that the sole 6 can fully penetrate the recess 18 being peripherally surrounded by the wall 30.

The housing element 20 of the fixing device serves to accommodate an anterior section of the sole, for example, the tip of the sole 76 of the plate 2 (see Fig. 3). It is made in an anterior area 34 of the recess 18 as a bag 36 which in a transverse or lateral direction, is limited by two opposite wall sections, and in a vertical direction by the bottom surface 26 and by a body 38 that as a plate It extends between the wall sections.

The fastening element 22 of the fixing device has a stirrup-shaped or U-shaped profile with a circular section, whose end sections 40 away from each other, of which only one is seen in Figure 2, are housed in opposite holes or wall sections of the recess 18. It has a section of body 42 that runs substantially in the horizontal direction with two angled side arms 44a, 44b, which pass to the final sections 40 which in turn are angled and oriented in opposite direction to each other. The final sections 40 run parallel to the section of the body 42 and define a rotation axis 46 which allows the fastening element 22 to rotate in the direction of the double arrow 48. It is located in a rear area 50 of the recess 18 and elastically prestressed in direction towards its position of rest represented, for example by means of a torsion spring (see also reference 24 in figure 11). In this position, the position element 22 rests almost flat on the surface of the bottom 26 and is therefore completely housed within the recess 18. The height of the transverse projections 32a, 32b and the diameter of the fastener element 22 are chosen from such that in its resting position it does not protrude orthogonally to the surface of the bottom 26 or in the supporting direction on the transverse projections 32a, 32b, so that the plate 2 rests on the transverse projections 32a, 32b, even the clamping element 22 is collapsed, and therefore does not rest on the clamping element 22.

In the state placed in the recess 18, the central section of the body 42 of the clamping element 22 fits with positive coupling in the transverse groove 18 while the arms 44a, 44b, seat laterally in the rear section of plate housing 12 and therefore , guide or stabilize the plate 2 in the transverse direction (see Fig. 1).

To place the plate 2 on the base 4, the fastener 22 is rotated out of its resting position around the axis of rotation 46 and thus rises from the bottom surface 26. Once the plate has been sufficiently rotated fastening element 22, the plate 2 is introduced with its sole tip 26 protruding with respect to the adjacent sections of the plate housing 12, in the bag 36 by a tilting movement and perches on the transverse projections 32a, 32b. Finally, the fastener 22 is rotated in the direction of the rear section of the plate housing 12, until it fits with its central section of the body 42 in the transverse groove 14. At the same time, it rests with its arms 44a, 44b, laterally on the back section of plate housing 12. Due to the initial tension of the clamping element 22, the plate 2 with its sole tip 76 is pushed inside the bag 36. At the same time, the clamping of the clamping element 22 in the transverse groove 14, it prevents the plate from being lifted with its rear sole area relative to the bottom surface 26. The clamping element 22 also secures the plate in the transverse direction. The iron is thus automatically secured in the recess 18 in the base 4 and firmly connected to it, so that the ironing station 1 can be safely transported by means of the plate gripper 2 (Fig. 1).

To remove the plate 2 from the base 4, the fastening element 22 is rotated away from the plate 2 until the rear section of the plate housing 12 is released. The plate 2 is then rotated slightly until with its sole area afterwards it protrudes from the wall 30 and protrudes from the recess 18. Finally, the plate 2 is removed from the base 2 and the fastener 22 goes into its rest position due to its initial tension, that is to say, it automatically collapses on the bottom surface 26.

Figure 3 shows a second ironing station 52 according to the invention for housing an electric steam iron 2. Unlike the first ironing station 1 according to Figures 1 and 2, this ironing station 52 has a clamping element 54 as a stirrup, which can not only be rotated but also move in the longitudinal direction of its arms 56. In the anterior housing element 20, the recess 18, as well as the plate 2 itself, are made in accordance with the previous explanations relating to Figures 1 and 2, so that repetitions are omitted thereon and only the differences between the two ironing stations 1, 52 according to the invention are described below.

The arms 56 of the fastener 54 are guided by means of a groove, not shown, in the base 4 in a chamber 60 laterally in the recess 18 and penetrate into it. They have a bar-shaped configuration and present in their bar sections positioned inside the chambers 60 two tensioning devices that are composed of a movable elastic ring 62, an elastic plate 64 on the end side and a compression spring 66 arranged between the elastic ring 62 and the elastic plate 64, whose maximum compression defines the maximum output stroke of the arms 56 outside the chamber 60. The chambers 60 have two protrusions on the side of the cover and on the bottom side, 70, between which the springs 66 are tensioned in the rest position shown. To simplify the handling of the fastener 54 there is a handle 72 disposed in the horizontal section of the body

58. The operation of this ironing station 52 is as follows:

In the rest position shown in Figure 3, the coil springs 66 are tensioned between the protrusions 68, 70 and the arms 56 penetrate almost halfway into the chambers 60. The horizontal section of the body 58 is outside the chambers 60 beyond the recess 18, in a rear area of the base 4 and is distanced from a socket 74 of the base 4. The steam iron 2 is placed in the recess 18 on the base 4 and can be removed from it.

5 For this purpose, it penetrates with its sole tip 76 in the bag 36 of the housing element 20 and on the side of the sole it is completely enclosed by the wall 30 of the recess 18.

To secure the steam iron 2, the clamping element 54 is removed from the chambers 60, pulling it in the longitudinal direction of its arms 10 56 overcoming the force of the spring (direction A) and turning in the direction of the iron 2 (direction B), until the horizontal section of the body 58 is located above the transverse groove 14. Next, the section of the body 58 is placed in the transverse groove 14, as shown in Figure 4, whereby arms 56 perform a longitudinal backward movement to the chamber 60

15 (feel C). The horizontal section of the body 58 is attracted by means of the springs 66 into the transverse groove 14, whereby the plate 2 is secured in the base 4. The elastic rings 62 essentially rest on the roof of the chamber 78 in the area of the shoulder 68 on the side of the groove, and the elastic plates 64 are raised from the bottom of the chamber 80.

20 To release this fixation, the horizontal section of the body 58 is lifted overcoming the force of the spring in the opposite direction to the C direction, whereby a small amount of the arms 56 are pulled out of the chambers 60 overcoming the force of the spring. The clamping element 54 is then rotated counterclockwise and then released, so that by means of

25 springs 60 are attracted in the opposite direction to A inside the chambers until the springs 66 are tensioned between the rails 68, 70 and the clamping element 54 is again in its resting position represented in Figure 3.

An ironing station 1 is disclosed; 52 with an iron 2 and with

30 a portable base 4 for the placement of the plate 2, which has a fixing device for fixing the plate 2 on the base 4, for which the fixing device has a housing element 20 to accommodate an anterior section of the sole 74 of the plate 2, as well as a rotating clamping element 22; 54 intended to surround at least by sections a back of an iron housing 12, a base 4, as well as an iron 2 for use in an ironing station of this type 1; 52

Reference List

Ironing station 2 Iron 4 Base 6 Sole 8 Base housing 10 Gripper 12 Back section of iron housing 14 Transversal groove 16 Iron housing 18 Recess 20 Housing element 22 Clamping element 24 Direction of arrow 26 Bottom surface 28 Surface of the housing 30 Wall 32a Transverse highlight 32b Transverse highlight 34 Anterior recess area 36 Bag 38 Body 40 Final section 42 Body section 44a Arm 44b Arm 46 Turn axis 48 Double arrow 50 Rear area of recess 52 Ironing station 54 support 56 Arm 58 Body section 60 Chamber 62 Elastic ring 64 Elastic plate 66 Spring 68 Overhang 70 Overhang 72 Gripper 74 Socket 76 Sole tip 78 Chamber ceiling 80 Chamber bottom 80

Claims (12)

1. Ironing station (1; 52) with an iron (2) and with a portable base (4) for placing the plate (2), which has a fixing device for fixing the plate (2) to the base (4), characterized in that the The fixing device has a housing element (20) of a front section of the soleplate of the plate (2) and a rotating clamping element (22, 54), to surround a rear section of the plate housing (12). Ironing station (1; 52) according to claim (1), the base (4) having a recess (18) for housing the sole (6) of the plate (2). 3. Ironing station (1; 52) according to claim 2, wherein the recess (18) reproduces approximately the geometry of the sole (6).

Four.

Ironing station (1; 52) according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the clamping element (22; 54) is made as a stirrup.

5.

Ironing station (1; 52) according to claim 4, wherein the element

2 {) clamping (22; 54) is prestressed with a spring in the direction of its resting position. 6. Ironing station (1) according to claim 5, wherein the element of clamping (22) is housed in its resting position within recess 25 (18). 7. Ironing station (1) according to one of claims 4, 5 or 6, wherein the clamping element (22) has two end sections (40) spaced apart from each other that rotatably rest on sections of 30 opposite wall of the recess (18). 8. The ironing station (52) according to claim 5, wherein the clamping element (54) has two arms (56) which, when moving in the longitudinal direction, respectively penetrate into both chambers (60) of the base 35 (4). 9. Ironing station (1; 52) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein in the recess (18) support bodies (32a, 32b) are arranged to support the plate (2), which have greater extension in the direction from 5 support the holding element (22; 54) that is in its resting position. 10. Ironing station (1; 52) according to one of the preceding claims, where the clamping element (22; 54) is located in the rear area 10 (50) of the recess (18). 11. Ironing station (1; 52) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the housing element (20) is located in the anterior area (34) of the recess (18) and limits a bag (36) to accommodate the tip out of the sole (76) 15 of the iron (2).

12.

Base (4) for use in an ironing station (1; 52) according to one of the preceding claims with a fixing device for fixing an iron (2), characterized in that the fixing device has a housing element (20 ) of an anterior section of the soleplate of the plate (2), as well as a collapsible fastening element (22; 54) to surround a rear section of the plate housing (12).

13.

Iron (2) for use in an ironing station (1; 52) according to a

25 of claims 1 to 12, with a sole tip (6) that protrudes with respect to an adjacent front housing section, characterized in that a transverse groove (14) is made in a rear area of plate housing (12).